Here's another bitch session straight from the home office in Elephant Butte, New Mexico:
I just finished my psychology final today (and kicked ass, I might say). Since the middle of the semester, I've had a major teenage-typed crush on the instructor because he's so freakin' cool (but way older than me, say, 50 or something). He is, in essence, my intellectual equal. But anyway, I decided to put a footnote on the test that said, "Remember when I flagged you down that day and I told you how cool you were? You told me to tell the president of the school so you can keep teaching here. Well, I wasn't trying to give you an evaluation. I was trying to ask you out."
I know that a instructor-student relationship is forbidden (though not verbatim in the school policy), but it's the end of the semester, so he's in season now. When I went back 10 minutes later for my grade, he just gives me this "I'm not tellin'" look, then I give him the anticipatory look. He says, "Do you want it?" (Boy, do I ever) Then he gives me my final grade. Same mischievious look as before. I knew he couldn't talk about "the message" so I waited for him for 30 minutes. When I see him outside, I ask him "so, did you read it?" and he says, "yeah." and I go, "so?..." then he says "maybe I'll see you next semester." I say "but you only teach one psych class here." and he says "no, i teach a managerial class too." "that's not on my schedule for next quarter." "oh." "see ya later" "later, mr. XXXXXX"
So I'm guessing that's a no. It's not like I wanted any strings attached. I just wanted to maybe go out for drinks with this guy and have intellectual discussions. I realize that he's at a point in his life where he doesn't need any committment, and I realize that. But he would have been really cool to hang out with. Maybe he's gay, because one of the other students in my class is always talking about how they're going to do a jam session together one day (because they're both musicians)--and he always says yes to him. But that student has a girlfriend. Maybe I'm just talking crazy, or maybe I'm jealous--but do you know how hard it is to find someone so utterly friggin' cool here in El Paso?
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